Newbie Question About Python, Tcl/Tk and X-Windows

Tue May 8 14:50:31 EDT 2001

"John Branthoover" <jbranthoover at yahoo.com.NOSPAM> writes:

>     Can anyone tell me if Tcl/Tkinter can be installed on a Unix machine
> with out xwindows?  We are running Python 1.5.2 on a LynxOS (not running
> xwindows) box.  I would like to get some method of GUI interface that can be
> used with Python.  Any information will greatly appreciated.  Thank you for
> your time and have a nice day.

I think the answer is no. If your installation does not include a
terminal device, the answer is clearly no: any kind of GUI needs a
terminal (cathod ray tube, liquid crystal display, or the like).

So if you cannot interact with your terminal using X11, how else *can*
you interact with it? Tk supports Xlib, the MS Windows API, and the
Apple Macintosh API. If you have Mac interfaces on LynxOS, it could be
probably made to work :-)

Regards,
Martin